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Home for sex-trafficking victims in Coronado?
I can speak to this personally. The single individual most responsible for the work being done on the Hansen House, did not want the home and certainly is exhausted by the amount of work that he has had to put into the historic home. He had a dream: to help victims of sexual abuse. He spoke about this dream at length to any who would listen. Mayor Baily was a professional acquaintance and personal friend, and supported that dream long before the Hansen House was purchased and years before the Mayoral election. The financial backing came because a wealthy donor decided he wanted to buy the house, felt compelled to purchase by a higher calling. Because this same calling had led this man all his life to great success, he followed and bought the home and then offered it to the individual who sought to fight human trafficking. So to clarify: a warrior, a leader and a financier all have been mentioned. The warrior wanted a place far from any city where isolation and more importantly ANONYMITY would provide shelter from the world that hurt these girls and women. The leader (and only named individual), believed in the cause. The financier offered the location. While for far less money and MUCH less headaches, those involved could have had a much larger and more functional space or spaces, this was what was given, so this is what they had to work with. The fact that so many are aware of the future use of this space I think will be far more damaging but the hope might be that placing real faces to this ongoing tragedy might inspire more actions to protect and assist those who might otherwise think the world has forgotten them.— June 24, 2018 8:38 p.m.